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Re: An email address for life ... now you can

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From: Gary Stern
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 00:00
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In message <4jfiak$pee@inferno.mpx.com.au> - smilie@jolt.mpx.com.au (Anthony Ru
mble) writes:
:>
:>Mark Delany (markd@mira.net.au) wrote:
:>: Craig Gibson <craig@interact.net.au> writes:
:>: 
:>: >Have you ever wanted an email address that never has to change when you move jobs, providers, location etc.
:>: 
:>: >Now you can......
:>: 
:>: >PO Box Email services provides:
:>: 
:>: I'm sure that they provide a fine service, but don't forget that you
:>: can have a domain (and thus an email address) for *life* by way of the
:>: .id.au domain mechanism.
:>: 
:>: Plenty of ISPs around the country participate in this mechanism, there
:>: are also non-ISP alternatives for interested parties, pricing is very
:>: reasonable (and free under some circumstances) and there are
:>: mechanisms in place to pick up the service if any given .id.au ISP
:>: disappears.
:>: 
:>: In short. Your .id.au domain should be safe regardless of what
:>: happens.
:>: 
:>: If you are after further info, I believe that there is a web page
:>: around the traps. Can someone provide the URL (is it at Fulcrum?).
:>: 
:>: Disclaimer: Sure, we provide a .id.au domain service, but a trivial
:>: analysis of most .id.au ISPs shows that pretty much every participant
:>: supports the principal of .id.au at a very nominal cost. In other
:>: words, shop around as all the prices are excellent.
:>
:>The main problem with this is, that they have to organise DNS Servers,
:>mail redirection etc etc..which is far too complex for the average
:>user, there needs to be a service which handles all that for
:>them, they just set where they want their email delivered.
:>
:>-- 
:>Anthony Rumble - aka SmilieZ
:>Mobile 015-955-042 Pager 016-634-997
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:>Home Page/PGP key http://www.infotainment.com.au/smiliez/

I know its been said before but....

Just take a look at http://www.pobox.com

Why reinvent the wheel, they provide an excellent and quick service. I 
haven't been able to fault it yet.

Gary Stern

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From: gstern@ozemail.com.au (Gary Stern)
Subject: Re: An email address for life ... now you can
Date: 1996/03/29
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